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The_YongGrand · 10-16-2006, 12:16 AM

I took out my old 486 case out of my storeroom, opened it up and to my horrors, a BIG battery leakage has occured! All the white crusty stuff sticking on the board, and near the keyboard AT connector. It seems like this battery contains Cadmium, and all I can do is to not touch it or breathe it. Unfortunately the 486 motherboard is so dead (the evil chemical spill has 'burned' other parts nearby) and I don't plan to reuse it (and the other components) anymore.

Is there any tips how to effectively remove the colossal evil chemical spill? Wanna reuse my old 486 casing to make way for another old Pentium MMX board.

edit: here's the pictures -

battery leak

another picture of battery leak

edit: Title changed to avoid confusion.

10-16-2006, 12:16 AM	#1
The_YongGrand Member (10 bit) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Somewhere in Malaysia... Posts: 953	Serious battery leakage and repainting case. I took out my old 486 case out of my storeroom, opened it up and to my horrors, a BIG battery leakage has occured! All the white crusty stuff sticking on the board, and near the keyboard AT connector. It seems like this battery contains Cadmium, and all I can do is to not touch it or breathe it. Unfortunately the 486 motherboard is so dead (the evil chemical spill has 'burned' other parts nearby) and I don't plan to reuse it (and the other components) anymore. Is there any tips how to effectively remove the colossal evil chemical spill? Wanna reuse my old 486 casing to make way for another old Pentium MMX board. edit: here's the pictures - battery leak another picture of battery leak edit: Title changed to avoid confusion. Last edited by The_YongGrand; 10-16-2006 at 11:14 AM.